By Nancy Shevel, Guest Columnist Nancy Shevel, Guest Columnist “There is no such thing as something for nothing,” Napoleon Hill, the author of “Think and Grow Rich” famously advised. Then […]
Woodstock is a cultural hub – home to a plethora of festivals, fairs and art tours, an award-winning farmers market, venues, locally owned businesses, filming sites, family farms, and so […]
Woodstock city officials seem to have landed on their feet when they landed the Village Squire ownership group to operate the restaurant on the lower level of the newly renovated […]
“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.” – Linsey Davis, ABC News If you saw this quote and didn’t […]
A heavy focus of Woodstock’s annual Community Survey involved what Woodstock could do to keep residents better informed of things going on inside and with city government. One suggestion that was […]
You read our community’s weekly newspaper last week, and here you are reading it again this week. Welcome! So far this year, the teachers of 241 students – fifth-graders to […]
The fact that 9/11 falls on a newspaper publication day this year gave us all pause at The Independent. Staff members recalled what they were doing on September 11, 2001, […]
For those of you who are not supporters of Tim Walz, don’t worry. This column isn’t about political preferences. It’s about the experiences of special needs parents. That’s what I […]
When voters in heavily Republican McHenry County helped Democrat Lauren Underwood win a seat in Congress in 2018, many of her party members were hopeful it signaled a shift in […]
Imagine the loneliness of a 9-year-old girl whose mother is wrongfully incarcerated. That was Dr. Amanda Allard. She faced the depths of loneliness and found a way through it. Now, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
